This concept is known as Dahej in India, where it has been officially outlawed since 1961, though the last few years have seen an increase in the mistreatment or even killing of women in cases where this practice has been considered insufficient. Social anthropologist Jack Goody describes this practice as pre-mortem inheritance for women, and in Islam an opposing practice 
This concept is known as Dahej in India, where it has been officially outlawed since 1961, though the last few years have seen an increase in the mistreatment or even killing of women in cases where this practice has been considered insufficient. Social anthropologist Jack Goody describes this practice as pre-mortem inheritance for women, and in Islam an opposing practice to this one is known as "Mahr," in which a man makes a gift to his future in-laws. FTP what is this practice in which parents provide a gift or money to a man marrying their daughter?
This concept is known as Dahej in India, where it has been officially outlawed since 1961, though the last few years have seen an increase in the mistreatment or even killing of women in cases where this practice has been considered insufficient.
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